Lead Balloon

There are quite a few different guitar parts on this track - I've written out the chord
shapes for the main, distorted guitar part.
Also, in the verses with the chords Dadd9: 099999 and Bm11: 999999 it's possible that
Joni plays just the Bm11 shape and lets the bass guitar play the changing bass note. If
you're playing it on just one guitar, I think it sounds better to include the changing
bass note in the guitar chords, so that's how I've written it out.
Intro:
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(There is a clean-sounding guitar part doubling up on some of these chords, as well
as playing some notes on the open bottom string)
xx7777 (slide down)
xx2200 xx0000 xx2200 xx0000
xx2200 xx0000 xx2200 xx0000
777777
Verse 1:
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999999 222222
"Kiss my ass!" I said and I threw my drink
099999 999999 0 12 12 12 12 12
Tequila trickling down his business suit
999999 222222
Must be the Irish blood, fight before you think
099999 999999 0 12 12 12 12 12
Too late now, you can't cowtow, you can't undo it
Chorus:
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The chorus has quite a few distorted guitars playing slightly different chords.
For the lines "Lead balloon ..." the loudest part playes the 0077xx and slides up to the
0099xx chord. At the same time, the other main guitar plays 002200 and 000000, so when you
play this song on one guitar you can vary it my mixing up these chords.
555400 777600
It's his town and that went down like a
0077xx 0099xx
Lead balloon, lead, lead, lead, lead, balloon
555400 777600
He said "Sic her, Rover", that went over like a
0077xx 0099xx 0077xx 0099xx
Lead balloon, lead, lead, lead, lead, balloon, lead balloon
Verse 2:
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(Same chords as verse 1)
An angry man is just an angry man
But an angry woman
Bitch!
I had to ask him for a helping hand
Him with the heart of a Bonaparte
Of a frozen fish!
Chorus:
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It's his town and that went down
Like a lead balloon
Lead lead lead lead balloon
He said "Sic her, Rover"
That went over
Like a lead balloon
Lead lead lead lead balloon
Lead balloon
Middle 8:
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333200 555555 888700
099999 0 12 12 12 12 12
8 10 10 9 0 0 333200
0077xx 0099xx
Lead balloon, lead lead lead lead balloon
0077xx 0099xx
Lead balloon, lead lead lead lead balloon
0077xx 0099xx
Lead balloon, lead lead lead lead balloon
0077xx 0099xx
Lead balloon
Instrumental:
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(Same chords as for the verses)
Chorus:
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Keep repeating the 0077xx and 0099xx chords for the repeats of "lead lead lead balloon" at the end.
It's his town and that went down
Like a lead balloon
Lead lead lead balloon
He said "Sic her, Rover"
That went over
Like a lead balloon
Lead lead lead lead balloon
Lead balloon
Lead lead lead lead balloon
Lead lead lead lead balloon
Lead balloon
Final chord: 12 12 12 12 12 12 (optional whammy bar effect!)

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